oiling
Example Sentences
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Oiling or staining is only necessary for aesthetic reasons, she says.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022
Oiling the surface of the dough ball prevents it from sticking to the bowl and keeps it from forming a dry “skin.”
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021
Oiling the wheels of change … John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed in an Amsterdam hotel room five days after their marriage.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2012
Picking beans, scrubbing floors, Oiling machines, running mowers .
From Time Magazine Archive
“The mystic letters,” says he, “stand for the Society for Oiling Squeaky Gulls’ Wing Hinges.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell
